Association Cannes-Echecs

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The Cannes-Echecs Association ( ACE , German Chess Club Cannes ), based in Cannes, is a large and successful chess club in France.

It was created in 1985 from a school chess initiative. The driving force and founding president was Damir Levacic . Since 1986 chess has been taught in all public and private schools in Cannes. The ACE coordinates 30 school chess groups and introduced its own rating system for schoolchildren in 1989, the Pico-Elo , in which over 2200 students from Cannes are listed. Since 1986 the association has also organized two international tournaments a year; a summer open and the Festival des Jeux in spring.

In 1992 the association organized the largest simultaneous chess event in the world with 1001 participants . Étienne Bacrot played in Cannes as a teenager and in 1997 became the youngest chess grandmaster in history. In 1997, the ACE hosted the World Youth Championship. In 1999 Damir Levacic set a new world record in non-stop playing chess. In 2001 the club invited to the rapid chess World Cup, which was won by Garry Kasparov .

The Fédération Française des Échecs has reported over 1700 players to Cannes. The ACE takes part in team games with 11 teams . It employs twelve people. The clubhouse in the center of Cannes with 400 square meters is open every day. With a few exceptions, the first team in Cannes has played in the top French league since the club was founded. Although the ACE is regularly one of the favorites, it has not yet won a title. The team includes the world chess champion Viswanathan Anand , the world class player Alexei Schirow and the 2007 European champion, Vladislav Tkachiev . The club's youth team, which won the French championship in 2007, is more successful.

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